Not pay? He he. All the Treasury bonds they have, just debit from that.
Normally that would cause a very serious issue with our ability to sell bonds (and political issues). But, I think the world would be behind us if we did it.
PRESIDENT TRUMP “SEND CHINA A BILL FOR COVID-19 REPARATIONS”
or better yet DO WHAT NANCY PELOSI DID
“TEAR UP THE TREASURY NOTES” IN CONGRESS ON TV?